A Japanese woman identified as Kane Tanaka has been recognised as the oldest person living in the world. The woman was officially confirmed by the organisation at the nursing home where she resides in Fukuoka, Japan.
The 116-year-old woman was confirmed as the oldest person alive on Wednesday, January 30. Tanaka had been presented with the certificates for the record and oldest woman living.
According to Guinness World Record, Kane was born prematurely on January 2, 1903. The woman had gotten married to Hideo Tanaka four days after her 19th birthday.
116-year-old Japanese woman honored as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records Source: Guinessworldrecords.com
Her husband was a business man who ran a family business called Tanaka Mochiya. The business sold sticky rice and Udon noodles. Kane became involved in the family business after her husband was called for military service in 1937.
The Japanese woman with her brothers and sisters Source: Guinessworldrecords.com
The woman's first son had also joined the military in 1943, and was held captive by the Soviet Union after the second world war, and returned to Japan in 1947.
Kane who now lives at a nursing home wakes up at 6 in the morning. She studies in the afternoon and plays board games.
Family photo with all her relatives Source: Guinessworldrecords.com
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Meanwhile another woman who might be the oldest woman in the world. The Bolivian woman Julia Flores Colque is nearly 118 and her national identity card states that she was born on October 26, 1900.
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